On Monday night, Rachel Maddow ruled MSNBC’s slate in the 25-to-54 year-old demo, pulling in 267,000 viewers, while Ed Schultz was the best on MSNBCs slate with total viewers, drawing an estimated 1.134 million.

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After a ratings bonanza over the weekend with their Whitney Houston coverage, CNN fell back into third place overall in the demo, averaging 139,000 over the entire day, and 203,000 in prime time. Good news for CNN? Piers Morgan continues his strong ratings, pulling in 200,000 demo viewers on Monday night.

Monday night’s full ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
5 pm The5 

429

 Blitzer 

157

 Matthews 

137

 Special 

54
6 pm Baier 

382

 King, USA 

111

 Sharpton 

162

 Prime 

59
7 pm Shep 

483

 Burnett 

163

 Matthews 

256

 Velez-Mitchell 

110
8 pm O’Reilly 

565

 Cooper 

207

 Schultz 

255

 Grace 

171
9 pm Hannity 

490

 Piers 

200

 Maddow 

267

 Dr. Drew 

117
10 pm Van Susteren 

445

 Cooper 

202

 O’Donnell 

258

 Grace 

145
11 pm O’Reilly 

427

 Burnett 

177

 Schultz 

166

 Showbiz 

132
TOTAL DAY 306 139 150 95
PRIME TIME 500 203 260 144
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.
TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
5 pm The5 

1.600

 Blitzer 

571

 Matthews 

765

 Special 

248
6 pm Baier 

1.777

 King, USA 

401

 Sharpton 

822

 Prime
277
7 pm Shep 

1.939

 Burnett 

435

 Matthews 

859

 Velez-Mitchell 

346
8 pm O’Reilly 

2.998

 Cooper 

534

 Schultz 

1.134

 Grace 

611
9 pm Hannity 

2.161

 Piers 

542

 Maddow 

1.053

 DrDrew 

430
10 pm Greta 

1.617

 Cooper 

534

 O’Donnell
980		 Grace 

364
11 pm O’Reilly 

1.247

 Burnett 

299

 Schultz
577		 Showbiz 

397
TOTAL DAY 1.331 388 587 278
PRIME TIME 2.261 512 1.056 460
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data